Chevrolet

General Motors introduced the EV1 in 1996, after over 30 years of testing and exploration. The EV1 was a battery powered vehicle, called the Chevrolet Electovair. The vehicle was principally announced to fulfill the California zero-emissions decree. However, when state guidelines reformed, General Motors allowed their customer leases elapse and terminated manufacturing the EV1 2003. In the end, the EV1 cost GM over $1 billion. General Motors created a model for an electric car that they…

Joan White of Maxcis Insurance Company referred this file for medical case management. Instructions were given to meet with Todd McClellan and assist with coordination of appropriate and related medical care, and identify needs to facilitate recovery. INTERVIEW SETTING On 11/28/16 I met Mr. McClellan, his step father, mother, wife and wife’s mother at the office of Dr. Nzoma. Mr. McClellan is developmental delay so Mr. Payson coordinates appointments. Mr. McClellan is pleasant, alert and…

looks back at me trying to comprehend what I had just said then answers “Yes, I guess I am peeing in the fish.” Satisfied with his answer, I smiled and nodded, and then we go back to fishing. The next morning I’m sitting on the tailgate of my dad’s Chevrolet truck as always when my dad filets the fish. I watch and ask questions about everything he’s doing like most curious boys do until he is all finished. When done, he cleans all of his fresh filets and puts them in a bowl with water. He runs…

While reading Katha Pollitt’s essay “The Smurfette Principle” I began to think about my almost two year old niece and how the entertainment she is watching and soaking up will mold her into a young woman one day. You flip through the channels and watch a childrens television show and you are still seeing examples of what Pollitt wrote in her essay “The Smurfette Principle”. The female characters are still the little sisters following their brothers around, weak and quiet, in the background. Now…

The sport of drag racing is typically a warm weather sport, right? Not if you attend the DragstersForSale.Com 3rd Annual Practice Tree Race Presented by TEAM DFS. Over 150 of the Midwest and Tri-State regions drag racers converged on the VFW Post 1114 in Evansville, IN this past Saturday to try to take home $4500 in prize money in the “Top Bulb” event with the Bottom Bulb Racers chasing over $1500 in prize money. The event brings in racers from all over the Midwest for the chance to win weekend…

certain direction, they will not do it, especially if it endangers another hunter. Two years ago after my uncle shot a 6x6 bull elk, a group of Nature Hunters were driving the road when they noticed us struggling to put the elk in the back of my dad’s Chevrolet. They pulled over, stepped out of their vehicle and helped us. After we laid the elk in the truck, the other hunters congratulated my uncle on his bull and talked about their hunting.…

I always thought that all the advices and rules that my parents taught me was just to keep me disciplined, however I was wrong. Their rules were to make my life safer, which I couldn’t understand until I got in a car crash, because I didn’t listen to their advices about texting and driving. It all started on June 16th, 2015 afternoon, when I was coming back from a wedding of my cousin. I spent amazing time on it and enjoyed watching of my favorite cousins, Clara, getting married. At that time…

The Life and Death of Pontiac: A Story of Trial and Error Writing about the Pontiac Motor Division represents an opportunity to grieve for their untimely death, which occurred in 2010. I spent the first decade of my automotive career working for a Pontiac dealership and this wasn't my only connection with the company. After five years of saving I purchased [a used 1979 Anniversary Edition Trans Am]. Powered by the last of the 6.6 L big block Pontiac 400 engines this special car made me a…

experience by itself and an even more difficult situation when the car is brand new and totaled. A few days ago, my mom and I went car shopping for a new car after it was totaled a few weeks ago. My mom knew she wanted another SUV and wanted it to be a Chevrolet as she felt most comfortable with this brand. We checked out a 2015 Chevy Trax and a 2017 Chevy Equinox. Then, we had to compare and contrast them by the size, features, and price. But in the end, we had to make a choice. Now, when it…

In A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America, author Lizabeth Cohen focuses on how the American culture of abundance and consumption influenced many political, socioeconomic and cultural changes in the decades proceeding the end of World War II. She argues that mass consumerism is deeply rooted in the modern American experience. Cohen first uses the prologue of A Consumers' Republic to introduce her own personal story, having grown up during the beginnings of the…